A relative of a man whose casket was dug up last month is among three people facing charges in the case.

A relative of a man whose casket was dug up last month is among three people facing charges in the case.

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Updated: 6:07 PM EDT Jun 11, 2014

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WEBVTT BURIED FOR A DECADE. THREE PEOPLE NOW FACING CHARGES INCLUDING A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DECEASED. EDWARD NASH IS NOW RESTING PEACEFULLY AS HE HAD FOR 10 YEARS, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED THIS PAST MAY WHEN SOMEBODY DUG UP HIS GRAVE SITE AND DESTROYED HIS CASKET. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NOW MADE ARRESTS AND THEY ALSO SAY A FAMILY MEMBER MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE CRIME. I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WAS WELL OVER 100 YEARS AGO THAT IT HAPPENED, EVEN IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY SURPRISED. A GRAVE SITE DESECRATED, THE VAULT SMASHED, THE CASKET FORCED OPEN, SOMEONE RUM ANING THROUGH IT WITH THE REMAINS INSIDE. IT WAS THE GRAVE SITE OF EDWARD NASH, A WELL-KNOWN AND LOVED COLEBROOK BUSINESSMAN WHO DIED MERELY 10 EARS AGO. THE COMMUNITY WAS OUTRAGED. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHEREVERRY OFFICER THAT WORKED HERE HAD A HAND IN THE INVESTIGATION. ONE PERSON REPORTED SEEING A SUSPICIOUS CAR ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME AND THAT LED THEM TO GINETTE DOWSE. WE BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE EVENING. ALSO NAMED IN THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, MICHAEL DAY, AND EDWARD NASH'S OWN DAUGHTER, MELANIE LYNCH. POLICE BELIEVE DAY HELPED PULL THE CASKET OUT OF THE GROUND AFTER LYNCH MADE COMMENTS ABOUT HER FATHER BEING BURIED WITH THE REAL WILL. NASH'S OLDEST DAUGHTER SUSAN CALL THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND SAYS SHE JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHY. WE THINK WHO EVER CAME UP HERE, THEY HAD A FALSE PREMISE AND WHEN THEY DISCOVERED WHAT WAS IN HERE THEY WERE NOT AT ALL HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY FOUND. MR. NASH HAS SINCE BEEN REBURIED AT A COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BUT POLICE SAY THE CRIME GOES BEYOND THE MONETARY DAMAGE. IT'S JUST A TRAGEDY. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PEOPLE, THE MIND SET THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS, THERE NEVER WAS ANYTHING OF VALUE BURIED WITH MR. NASH. SO THE ONLY THING THAT ANYONE

Arrests made in grave desecration case

A relative of a man whose casket was dug up last month is among three people facing charges in the case.